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Shahira Amin is a highly esteemed and courageous Egyptian whistle-blower who has dedicated her life to tell the truth and promote gender equality despite intimidations and smear-campaigns. She’s one of the six founders of UMWE (Union of Media Women Egypt) that was established one year ago, in March 2015. It has been nominated for this… Continue reading Interview with an Egyptian journalist

The Egyptian cultural scene is alive and thriving. Books are being translated and written like never before. Through literature, poetry, painting and rap people express their inner thoughts and dreams. Women take a large and active part in this silent but expressive revolution.

Women promoting peace: visions and actions. During this conference for “women and change” hosted by the Human Foundation and the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, there were several interesting speakers. My contribution is was follows:

The Oscar jubilee was barely over – hosting a majority of white men – that the question of the rights of coloured men was raised once again. In France the problem has been widely discussed on media after the release of the film “Chocolat”.

The women and young girls who’ve escaped or been released from Nigeria’s terror group aren’t accepted by the society they return to, according to the peace organization International Alert’s (and UNICEF) last report.